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Russian fedeRaTion
Key GeoGRaphical daTa
Capital: Moscow
Russia is located in the eastern part of Europe and in the northern part of Asia
Total Area
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17,098.2 thousand km
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(as of 1 January 2010 agricultural acreage amounted to
13% of the total area; forests – 51%; surface waters (including marsh) – 13%)
Population
142,905.2 thousand people – (as of 14 October 2010)
Density of the Population
8.4 people per km
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Highest Elevation
Elbrus 5,642 m
Largest Islands
Archipelago Novaya Zemlya 82.6 thousand km
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Sakhalin 76.4 thousand km
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Archipelago Novosibirsky 38 thousand km
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Archipelago Severnaya Zemlya 37 thousand km
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Average Temperatures
January from 0°,-5°C (Northern Caucasus) to -40°, -50°C (east of Saha (Yakutia)
where the lowest temperatures can reach -65°, 70°C);
July from 1°C (northern Siberian coast) to 24°, 25°C (Caspian lowlands)
The Russian Federation has the largest land area in the world; it is eighth by
population globally
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and sixth by GDP denominated in USD at purchasing power
parity
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2 Data from statistical handbook of the Federal Agency for Water Recourses.
3 According to the Federal Agency for Water Recourses.
4 According to preliminary results of the 2010 AII – Russia population census
5 According to the World Bank 2011.
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CENTRAL FEDERAL AREA
NORTHWESTERN FEDERAL AREA
SOUTHERN FEDERAL AREA
NORTH CAUCASUS FEDERAL AREA
VOLGA FEDERAL AREA
MOSCOW
URAL FEDERAL AREA
SIBERIAN FEDERAL AREA
FAR EAST FEDERAL AREA
Map of Russia
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CENTRAL FEDERAL AREA
NORTHWESTERN FEDERAL AREA
SOUTHERN FEDERAL AREA
NORTH CAUCASUS FEDERAL AREA
VOLGA FEDERAL AREA
MOSCOW
URAL FEDERAL AREA
SIBERIAN FEDERAL AREA
FAR EAST FEDERAL AREA

Belarus 30.4% Italy 43.1%
Brazil 34.4% Japan 28.3%
Canada 32.2% Kazakhstan 27.7%
China 18.0% South Korea 26.6%
France 44.6% Great Britain 38.9%
Germany 40.6% USA 26.9%
India 18.6% Russia 34.1%
Low corporate and personal taxes
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pRivaTisaTion plans
The following privatization programme has been developed for 2011-2015:
Company Company Name Stake/Comments
Government
Stake
United Grain
Company
100%
By 2012-2013:
100% of shares
Source: MED
VTB 75.5%
In 2012-2013:
25.5%-1 share
Sovcomflot
In 2012-2013: 50%-1
share with the possibility
of reducing the RF
interest in 2014-2015
below controlling stake
100%
RusHydro 57.97%
Reducing government
interest to full exit by 2017
FGC UES 79.11%
During 2012-2013:
4.11%-1 share
Sberbank
During 2012-2013:
7.58%-1 share owned
by the Bank of Russia
57.58%
RosAgroLeasing 99.9%
During 2013-2015,
with RF retaining the
controlling stake
(50%+1 share)
Rosneft 75.1% By 2015: 25%-1 share
Rosselkhozbank 100% By 2015: 25% of shares
RZD
Starting in 2013 up to
25%-1 share
100%
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In 2011, the government reviewed the privatisation programme and expanded it,
adding a further 10 companies to be privatized in whole or part by 2017.
Company Company Name Stake/Comments
Government
Stake
Source: MED
50.9% Alrosa By 2017: 50.9% of shares
Sheremetyevo
Airport
By 2017: 100% of shares 100%
Inter RAO
14.8% The Russian Government
makes full exit from the
charter capital
Zarubezhneft 100% By 2017: 100% of shares
Rusnano During 2012-2013: 10% 100%
United
Shipbuilding
Corporation
100%
By 2017, with RF
retaining the
controlling stake
United Aircraft
Corporation
82.95%
By 2017, with RF
retaining the
controlling stake
UralVagonZavod 100%
By 2017, with RF
retaining 75%+1 share
Transneft By 2017: 3.1%-1 share 78.1%
Aeroflot 51.17% By 2017: 51.17% of shares
Moreover, the Government endorsed the initiative to increase shareholdings
in joint-stock companies that had been targeted for privatisation. The initiative
provides for full Government exit from Rosneft, Rushydro, FSK UES, Sovkomflot,
VTB Bank, Rusagroleasing and Rosselkhozbank.
MODERNRUSSIA.COM/FACTSANDFIGURES
Ministry of Economic Development
of the Russian Federation